日本的科学技术最高决策机关是科学技术委员会(Council for Science and Technology),由十人组成的顾问委员会领导,首相出任主席一职.十个委员中还包括大藏相、文部相以及科委主任(Science Council of Japan).科技委员会除了制定一般政策外,还通过特别合作基金对科研项目予以直接的资助和领导. Japan's top science and technology policy-making authority is the Council for Science and Technology, headed by a ten-member advisory committee with the prime minister as chairman. The ten members also include the Minister for Constitutional Affairs, the Minister of Science and Technology and the director of the Science and Technology Commission Science Council of Japan). In addition to setting general policies, the CST also provides direct funding and leadership of research projects through special cooperation funds.